Three other states are considering similar legalization, said Camilla Taylor, marriage project director for Lambda Legal.
To do that, I'm joined by Jon Davidson, legal director for Lambda Legal.
Five states, including Illinois, have civil union laws, according to Lambda Legal and the National Conference of State Legislatures.
With the help of Lambda Legal and GLAAD, she filed a federal lawsuit and worked to get her story out to the nation.
Illinois would be the 10th state, plus the District of Columbia, to legalize same-sex marriage, according to Lambda Legal, a gay rights organization.
Mr. JON DAVIDSON (Legal Director, Lambda Legal): Nice to be here.
If it is approved, Illinois would be the 10th state, plus the District of Columbia, to legalize same-sex marriage, according to Lambda Legal, a gay rights organization.
We have a case going in Iowa right now that's scheduled to be heard by the Iowa Supreme Court December 9th, that Lambda Legal won at the trial court.
Mr. DAVIDSON: Well, right now, Lambda Legal, the National Center for Lesbian Rights and the ACLU have filed a lawsuit directly with the California Supreme Court to invalidate Proposition 8.
When Lambda Legal proved unable to raise funds for a proper memorial or burial, Harris County cremated him and sent his ashes home to his family in a plastic bag.
Lambda Legal lists Colorado as recognizing designated beneficiary agreements.
"If you look like a man and you live your life like a man, you should be able to use a man's bathroom, " said Dru Levasseur, a transgender rights lawyer for the advocacy group Lambda Legal.
But a coalition of groups that fought the ban in California courts -- including the American Civil Liberties Union, the Human Rights Campaign and the Lambda Legal Foundation -- urged supporters Wednesday to turn their energy toward winning in the political arena rather than the courts.
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